Historical Marker
Banks Arcade
Historical marker location:
330 Magazine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
( Marker is at the intersection of Magazine Street and Natchez Street, on the left when traveling south on Magazine Street.)
Louisiana was briefly an independent republic. After declaring independence from Spain in 1810, a group of Louisianans established the Republic of West Florida, which included parts of what is now Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. However, the republic was short-lived, as it was quickly annexed by the United States.